Monday, December 12, 2016

Excitement of a Morning

I got up a bit late and the dogs were whining and waltzing around telling me with everything in them that it was time to go out. So I slid my turquoise hoody (clearly stating REJOICE in glitter on the front) over my head and located slip on shoes which fit over my socks. Sprayed my knees and lower back with menthol pain relief and found my glasses. I hooked both girls up to the 'foolproof' system which was meant to make life easier for me. Two tie out lines which hooked to their collars and were anchored in the hard AZ soil with a screw in anchor next to the gate of their pen.. Last evening when I brought them in I had hooked the two leads onto a basket near the door and they knew the routine. So I fastened them up and opened the door to slide the screen door opener to make it easy to get back in and wham they shot out the door never touching the 4 steps. A helpless little bunny was under the evergreen outside the door. I yelled as they barked and they strained at the end of the leads toward the direction the now phantom bunny had headed and proceeded to wrap around the tree as I tried to use my authoritarian voice to direct them to the pen. After several untanglings requiring brute strength, as dogs do not unwind themselves easily, I got them into the pen still surging with adrenalin (both them and me!) Taffy switched gears and did her business but Bella was shaking with excitement eyeing the gate . She refused to do her business. She was looking for that bunny with her whole mind and senses. After unusual barking and me attempting to coax them to go back to the house as we opened the gate with them firmly fastened to the coated 25 foot cables. I was hanging on to keep them from winding up around the patio cover posts or the evergreen and wham a dog and owner passed into view on the street. Both dogs flew to the end of their leads barking madly and my hands were unable to do anything but get friction burn and release the cables. I was forced to bodily shove Bella around the evergreen where she was firmly wrapped after this adventure and Taffy was baying her need to chase something....anything I guess would do. I was outdone for sure but managed to get them into the mobile with my not quite brute force. Oh how I am looking forward to having the deck added on that side as it may stop some of the obvious challenges. I soaked my hands and applied Peace and Calming essential oil to bring my adrenalin down to a lower level. I will not even bother to explain my emotional response to being put on hold by a business I needed to contact and being cut off and starting over six times. Yup it was one of those.....remembering GI Blues and Elvis singing 'Did you ever have one of those days'? I did make the bed and eat breakfast before attempting to put this down. I did eventually make eye contact with my girls and feed them a treat after a couple hours. I believe that if my morning adventure were on tape it would vie Chevy Chase putting up Christmas lights.

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II Peter 1:3-4

For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellent (virtue),By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness(lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.

Ezekiel 37

I saw a great many bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"I said, "O Sovereign Lord, you alone know."Then He said to me, "Prophecy to these bones and say to them,'Drybones, hear the word of the Lord!"

I continue to believe...

"There is no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." _ Lewis Carroll

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Books I Love

Troubling a Star - Madeleine L'Engle

At the Back of the North Wind - George MacDonald

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan

About Me

Loving Life and Living to Love Jesus!
I am full of ideas and plans, interests and thoughts on life. I enjoy tea parties, morning coffee with Jesus and worship most any time. I have 2 older dogs, 4 grown kids with mates and this week perhaps 6 adorable grandkids. I have a bit of kid in me so I enjoy spending time with many kinder!
My husband and I live in a doll house in a small town. He likes to eat and I usually love to cook so we make a great pair.
My life advice today is:
After the storms of life keep your eyes on the sky for the rainbow!